33 graduate from Gaston Day

Gaston Day School held its graduation ceremony on May 31 at the Pamela Kimbrell Warlick Visual & Performing Arts Center on the school’s campus in Gastonia.

Delivering the commencement address was author Wiley Cash, a 1996 graduate of Gaston Day School.

Cash, who was named a 2013 Distinguished Alumni, is the author of “A Land More Kind Than Home,” which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list in hardcover, paperback and e-book. The New York Times also named it an Editor’s Choice and a Notable Book of 2012.

His second novel, “This Dark Road to Mercy,” was a national bestseller and has been optioned for film.

O Magazine called “A Land More Kind Than Home” “One of 10 titles to pick up.”